Continued from Part 2 HOPING I’ll be able to return to lengthy walks sometime soon but fortunately, I do have a backlog of photos such as the 133 I got…
Gowanus
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CONTINUED FROM PART ONE HOPING I’ll be able to return to lengthy walks sometime soon but fortunately, I do have a backlog of photos such as the 133 I got…
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On Wednesday, October 15th, Greater Astoria Historical Society‘s 40th Anniversary was celebrated. While western Queens is the primary focus of its activities, GAHS has a hand (and a foot) in…
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Continued from Part One On Sunday, March 17, 2024 I meandered around the Gowanus area and wound up walking the length of Nevins Street, which runs from Carroll Street to Flatbush Avenue…
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On Sunday, March 17, 2024 I meandered around the Gowanus area and wound up walking the length of Nevins Street, which runs from Carroll Street to Flatbush Avenue in the…
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In New York City, the smallest possible number you can get when adding the numbers of both cross streets that have numbers is two, in the East Village, where First…
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THE Gil Hodges Community Garden is a green spot in gritty Gowanus, at Carroll Street and Denton Place. It was founded as early as 1982, but over 30 years later…
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YOU find the darnedest things on Facebook. I subscribe to several pages that display historic images, such as Brownstone Detectives. Last week, this photo was displayed showing what was the…
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JUST across 3rd Avenue from the ancient high pressure fire hydrant featured on February 2nd, 2022, I spotted this Dresser hydrant, which is actually the one on duty on this…
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I was lollygagging around the 3rd Avenue-Gowanus area in Brooklyn on Thanksgiving Day 2021 when I chanced upon one of the last Mohicans of firefighting, a high pressure fire hydrant,…
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THANKSGIVING is a time for…walking. I have done some epics in the past, like a few years ago when I walked from Sunset Park to Maspeth, a distance of approximately…
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Since we talk about Forgotten NY in terms of decades now, it’s been a good 14 years since I covered the Gowanus area of Brooklyn in any depth at all.…